The Official PowerPoint Template

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The Official PowerPoint Template

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Instructions

• Edit the Department Name
• Go to View gt Master gt Edit Master
• Be sure you are viewing the first master slide
  (Slide 1). Do this by locating vertical scroll
  bar on right and scrolling to top.
• Click on Department Name text to edit.
• Edit the Footer
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• Make changes for date and footer then apply to
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• Edit Cover Slide (Slide with Cathedral image)
• The cover is not a master. Simply click on text
  to edit.

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Contact information
PowerPoint Template for University of
Pittsburgh University Marketing
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The Pittsburgh Academy 1787

• Founded as the Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what
  was then the American frontier, the University of
  Pittsburgh is the oldest continuously chartered
  U.S. institution of learning west of the
  Allegheny Mountains.

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From WUP to Pitt

• With an alteration in its charter in 1819, the
  Pittsburgh Academy became the Western University
  of Pennsylvania.
• Upon relocating to its current campus in
  Pittsburghs Oakland neighborhood in 1908, the
  school was renamed the University of Pittsburgh.

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A State-Related University

• Pitt was a private institution until it became
  part of the Commonwealth System of Higher
  Education in 1966.
• As a state-related university, Pitt receives
  public funds and offers reduced tuition to
  Pennsylvania residents.

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From Academy to WUP to Pitt

• The Pittsburgh Academy was founded in 1787. In
  1819, it became the Western University of
  Pennsylvania (WUP).
• Upon relocating to Pittsburghs Oakland
  neighborhood in 1908, the school was renamed the
  University of Pittsburgh.
• Pitt was a private institution until 1966, when
  it gained state-related status.

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University of Pittsburgh System

• The Pitt system comprises the 132-acre Pittsburgh
  campus as well as regional campuses in Bradford,
  Greensburg, Johnstown, and Titusville.
• Pitts 12,000 employees (including 3,800 fulltime
  faculty members) serve some 34,000 students in 15
  undergraduate, graduate, and professional
  schools.

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Leader in Education

• Pitt has been ranked in the top cluster of U.S.
  public research universities, and has been named
  a best value by various publications.
• Since 1995, Pitt undergraduates have won Rhodes,
  Marshall, Truman, Udall, Goldwater, and Churchill
  Scholarships.

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Pioneer in Research

• Pitt faculty members have been pioneers in
  astronomy, genetics, organ transplantation, and
  virology, among other fields.
• The Salk polio vaccine was developed at Pitt.
• A Pitt professor was the first to isolate and
  identify vitamin C.
• In 1974, Pitt was elected to the Association of
  American Universities (AAU), which includes North
  Americas leading research universities.

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Partner in Regional Development

• Pitt has been ranked the top public university in
  the nation as a Best Neighbor for positive
  impact on its urban community.
• Each year, Pitt spends more than 1.7 billion in
  the community, and supports nearly 33,800 jobs in
  Allegheny County.

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Pitt Award Winners

• Pitt faculty and alumni have received Nobel and
  Pulitzer Prizes, the National Medals of Arts and
  of Science, and the MacArthur Genius Award,
  among many other honors.
• Notable graduates include Michael Chabon
  (Pulitzer Prize for Literature), Gene Kelly
  (Academy Award), and Wangari Maathai (Nobel Peace
  Prize).

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A Few Pitt Bits

• Pitts Cathedral of Learning, 535 feet (163
  meters) tall, is the second-high education
  building in the world.
• The Pitt Panthers have won nine national college
  football championships.
• Pitts motto is Veritas et Virtus, Latin for
  Truth and Virtue.